for amplification on the (2-sided, of course) Super-Equation,
see 2-sided Equation

“a staggering and audacious move” – van den Berg, March 2013

unparalleled and magisterial

from the desk of

Hugo van den Berg

University of Warwick
Department of Mathematics
Coventry, United Kingdom

Q4P∞On Birnbaum’s Formula

Physics, unlike metaphysics perhaps, is concerned only with description. However, not all descriptions are created equal; it is sometimes possible to capture large swathes of phenomena with a minimum of formal apparatus. Such superb descriptions are what scientists like to think of as “good theories” (all is, in the final analysis, still mere description, a point that is sometimes lost). The game naturally becomes this: to capture as much as possible with as little as possible.

In Birnbaum’s unparalleled and magisterialSumma Metaphysica, we find a pithy quote attributed to a Nobel prize winner [physicist Lederman] who expresses this dream as capturing the universe in a formula that one could print on a T-shirt. Birnbaum, in a staggering and audacious move, displays a formula below this quote.

The formula just stands there, glorious in its splendid isolation. It reads:

Q4P∞

Are we to infer that this is the answer to the dream of the physicist recently quoted? The recondite renaissance man Birnbaum does not tell us, at least not directly, not on this page.

Perusal of Summa Metaphysica, two imposing tomes of recondite philosophical-mathematical-poetic musings, indicates that Birnbaum wants the reader to think of Q4P as a single symbol……

see https://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-simon/david-birnbaum-cracks-the_b_7557088.html

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a simultaneous solution

OVERARCHING

Birnbaum considers Quest for Potential∞
to be a ubiquitous and overarching cosmic dynamic…

Quest for its fulfillment
is the underlying core dynamic
of the cosmic order…

All of the countless components of the universe,
including humans,
are striving towards the full realization
of their particular potentialities….

– Professor Andrei Alyokhin*

* fuller detail further below
or, see UnifyingConcept.com

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a unified, consistent & fully-integrated

cosmology / metaphysics / philosophy / teleology

Q4P∞

Quest for Potential
(infinitely recursive)

Q4P ( Q4P ( Q4P …

Quest for Potential

within

Quest for Potential

within

Quest for Potential

ad infinitum

the direction, driver, arc, essence, core – of the universe

a proposed all-embracing

new paradigm

A New Paradigm

Potentialism Theory – Potential Drives the Cosmic Order – is unique, original and all-embracing.

The formula/theory apparently works across both depth and breadth – universally. In depth the proposition apparently seamlessly works from macro through micro levels.
In breadth, the proposition apparently seamlessly works across the billions of years of known cosmic history;

As well, the theory works elegantly with Q4P (Quest for Potential∞) as the proposed catalyst of the Big Bang itself. Thus, the plot thickens.

The formulation has 100+ articles and 100+ distinguished testimonials to its credit. A Course Text at top universities around the globe, the fully-integrated theory provides a simultaneous solution to a cluster of hitherto intractable bedrock issues.

Since Summa I was published (by Ktav) in 1988, the theory has sent shock waves through the global cosmology and metaphysics establishments. These establishments are entrenched and to a great extent militantly wedded to their (theory of no-theory) Randomness for well-over 150 years.

Inertia? Group-Think? Go along to get along? No viable alternative pre-Summa? Pressure from the hard-line (anti-directional universe) academic clique which controls many key legacy British journals? Route to tenure blocked if the Randomness ‘party line’ is not toed? Some combination of the above? Whatever the reason, debate has effectively been strangled for a long, long time.

Enter Summa Theory. With philosophical roots in ‘directional’ Aristotelian thought, revolutionary (and non-aimless) Potentialism Theory sets the stage for a re-boot of literally all scientific fields – across both the hard and soft sciences. All.

As noted, the theory can be encapsulated in the one concise formula noted: Q4P → C+ → E+. No exceptions to the formula across the trillions of data points from the Big Bang to this moment. No infinite quantity of universes needed to get to 21st Century humans.

In the mix, the theory simultaneously and neatly lances metaphysics, cosmology, teleology and “purpose”. Cogently and concisely. No fat; No flaws. Good to Go.

Let’s Roll.

For quick juxtaposition Potentialism v. Randomness
see amplification further below, or click JUXTAPOSITION

unifying – science, philosophy & spirituality

the common denominator

across the depth & breadth

of the universe

To the readership

I believe that humanity can do better than the sterile, bizarre, nihilstic, and counter-intuitive Randomness formulation – currently foisted across much of academe – as its bedrock working hypothesis.

Potentialism Theory is an elegant and powerful formulation; it is rich, multi-faceted, heavily vetted, and bulletproof.

The Cosmic Order and our universe are, indeed, quite fine-tuned. And 21st Century humans – and their associated consciousness – are not accidents of cosmic chance.

– with theogony and theodicy in the mix from a Religious perspective,
and, loosely defined, still in the mix from a Spiritual or Secular perspective

* Q4P → C+ → E+

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a proposed Framing Concept of the universe

the two key websites

primary:www.SummaMetaphysica.com

secondary:www.PotentialismTheory.com(primarily multi-lingual translations of a selection of articles on Summa)

‘it is truly fascinating that

an established scientific theory based on experimental evidence and

mathematic models is in such a strong agreement…’ – Alyokhin 11/2012

cracking the cosmic code

AbridgedGlossary.com

Glossary

(abridged)

…of first tier of Potentialism Terms

Over the past three decades (since KTAV published Summa I in 1988) Birnbaum’s Potentialism Theory has been built-out. As such, it has developed its own lexicon to describe its fundamental principle of Potentialism.

Potentialists define the universal drive of cosmology as the Infinite Quest for Potential. This is the inherent “drive” of the cosmos to seek its own ever-further complexity/sophistication/wondrousness.

Potentialism
Potentialism itself represents a new metaphysics/science for a new century. It provides an overarching 21st century metaphysics that seeks no less than to encompass the scientific, the religious, the spiritual, the secular and the philosophical.

Fully encompassing all modern science, Potentialism is potentially (repeat: potentially) a candidate – in due course – for a (true) Theory of Everything – not only in scientific terms, but in all terms meaningful to humankind.

Potentialism seeks to arm those seeking an understanding of the cosmic order with the tools necessary to have a “seat at the table” for this new metaphysics. All are invited as science comes back to the metaphysics table after a de facto three century, post-Spinoza hiatus.

Following is an (abridged) short glossary of core, key terms of Potentialism.

Q4P∞ The Infinite Quest for Infinite Potential
– usually shortened to Quest for Potential in conversation, though the formal name best represents the iterative, infinite nature of Potential. This represents the universe’s innate drive towards fulfilling its true potential. Also commonly denoted as Q4P∞ or, super-shorthand: Q4P.

Note that there are multiple embedded infinities in Q4P∞:
See Infinity-3.com

In turn, note that one of the components of Complexification just-noted above is ‘integration’; meaning, Complexification does not occur divorced from the cosmic landscape; rather, Complexification integrates into-the-process the harmonization/optimization of the ongoing Complexification with the existing bio-landscape.

In its ongoing march of Complexification – the universe moves ever-and-ever closer to what Birnbaum calls Extraordinariation (E+) – the universal end-goal – a horizon to be approached, but never quite realized – and a state otherwise defined as hyper-Complexification.

E+ Extraordinariation.
The end-target of this journey towards increased complexity/sophistication/wondrousness is referred to as Extraordinariation (see Extraordinariation.com). Extraordinariation is not so much a precise destination as an ideal goal to be sought-after, albeit never quite fully-realized.

Note that Q4P itself does not quite know precisely what E+ looks like. Q4P is so to speak ‘finding its way’. Along these lines, the Cambrian Explosion may have been a re-set.

Q4P∞ → C+ → E+
[ the SuperLaw / Super-Formula ]
The fundamental, core/primal drive of the cosmic dynamic. This represents the Infinite Quest for Potential which drives the cosmic order towards greater and greater complexity and onward towards Extraordinariation.

Universe Horizon
The denouement of the universe as far out as we can project our infinitely expanding universe

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Summa Metaphysica is a paradigm-changing work; it entirely changes the way we look at everything.

– M.D.

the eternal

metaphysical spinal column, life force, Chi

of the Cosmic Order

Albert Einstein, in his book The World As I See It, stated that the harmony of natural law “reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.”

POTENTIALISM THEORY

encapsulation formulaof our universe

In a letter to a child who asked if scientists pray, Einstein wrote, “Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe – a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.”

POTENTIALISM THEORY

multi-tasker

Summa develops the themes
that this proposed formula Q4P∞ → C+ → E+
is simultaneously:(a) a dynamic(b) a description of a process,(c) the direction of the universe(d) the teleology / purpose / ‘driver’ – of the universe(e) a concise formula encapsuling the entire universe (f) possibly the formula for ‘life force’(g) the metaphysical/spiritual arc of the Cosmic Order

more amplification below

the quantum physics to backstop Summa Theory

a Birnbaum hypothesis

Birnbaum:Lloyd

…

see also 2006 Programming the Universe by Seth Lloyd
Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Physics at MIT

This (2006) seminal Lloyd work came out after Summa I (November, 1988)
and Summa II (March, 2005). – and prior to Summa III (2014).

What Charles Darwin (On the Origin of Species 1859) reads as ‘natural selection’; what George C. Williams (Adaptation and Natural Selection, 1966) and Richard Dawkins (The Selfish Gene 1976) are reading as ‘gene-centered Evolution’; what Murray Gell-Man (The Quark and the Jaguar 1994) is viewing as ‘complex adaptive systems”; what Stuart Kauffman (At Home in the Universe 1995) is reading as ‘self-organizing systems’; what David Pines (Complex Adaptive Matter 2005) is reading as ‘complex adaptive matter’, are all actually one and the same:

the Birnbaum Evolution hypothesis –

What they are viewing, is actually Q4P/Q3 tweaking the genomes

More technically, they are (typically) viewing Q4P/Q3 on a local-level/micro-level tweaking an individual genome.

However, the plot thickens….

a) Q4P/Q3 Evolution is operating simultaneously in an integrated fashion across all the genomes of our planet.

b) Meaning, the educated hypothesis is that plant genomes will be tweaked ensemble with human genomes and ensemble with insect genomes, etc.

c) Why the integrated choreography? Because, of course, all the ‘pieces’ need to advance (and fit/interact) together ensemble / efficiently / dynamically – on the C+ march towards E+.

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the mechanism: C+ (Complexification)
the goal: E+ (Extraordinariation)
the physics back-end: see Seth Loyd
for intro to the quantum mechanics piece

Five billion (ever more sophisticated and wondrous) species over the (3.8 billion year) course of life on our planet.

Random mutations crucially setting the stage for the inexorable advance/expansion and Complexification
of the species on our planet?
No, the random mutations are a side show, not the main event.

So, Evolution, YES; but the catalyst and driver is Q4P/Q3.

Notwithstanding the politically correct pro-Darwinian view, random genetic mutations in nature are respectively highly unlikely to be the salient factor in evolutionary biology. Once again, the odds are simply too slim (read: impossible) that it all works out along the extraordinary axis which our planet’s history has witnessed.

Respectfully, classic and well-established Probability Theory would reject random mutation generating five billion species over 3.8 billion years as a viable denouement. Probability Theory can be deployed for possibility, not for de facto impossibility*. [To argue to the contrary – per the mainstream consnsus – is, respectfuly, simply group-think run amok.]

As in cosmology, randomness is clearly amply present on-stage in Evolution, but, once again, is not the defining component.

In both cosmology and evolutionary biology, Q4P/Q3 is ‘cracking the whip’ and ‘running the show’; not Randomness. Evidence? Look around you.

Both cosmology and related evolutionary biology are ‘directional’, not random-chance. In both cases, we do not ride a multi-billion year trajectory towards E+ (Extraordinariation) via randomness. It is hard enough for (‘directional’) metaphysical/quantum intelligence Q4P/Q3 to pull this off. ; ) Building-out the Cosmic Order – ongoing over the eons – requires a prime time catalyst – Q4P/Q3.

*See Lloyd, Programming the Universe, Knopf, 2007, NY, p. 57

“In fact, the chance of an ordered universe like ours arising out of random flips of a coin is so small as to be effectively zero.”

Potentialism, on the other hand, deploys its quite-directional core dynamic –
Q4P/Q3 – across both Cosmology and Evolution.

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Classic Random Mutation Evolution Theory has been inculcated into our psyches since we were in elementary school; it has become de facto dogma.

(Challenger) Evolution Fusion theory is brand new to our psyches, and our brains will need to assess this ‘intruder’ before accepting/intergrating the new theory. As noted at the top, “Revolutions take time to settle in”. But, best not to tarry, as science moves apace…

Note, however, that once one integrates as possible working hypotheses (a) the eternality of potential, and (b) Wheeler’s general proposition of It from Bit, the inevitable path vectors to Evolution Fusion – as a (significantly) more powerful alternative working hypothesis.

2006Seth Lloyd / Programming the UniverseQuantum Mechanics proposition:In each atom there are bits which communicate with bits in other atoms across the universe – and compute theadvance/buildout of the universe ongoing

emphasis: All the genomes on our planet are tweaked ensemble. The tweaking is choreographed to channel all the gennomes to harmoniously optimize their C+ with related genomes – and all are ultimately related, of course – enroute together towards E+. And, as noted, the E+ target can – and does – change, as Q4P/Q3 intermittently re-calibrates.

Obviously, this SuperFormula+ could only have been valid
from the point that Quantum Mechanics – including its building-out aspect – has been operational in its current form.

Consequently we simply do not know if Q4P/Q3 goes as far back as solitary Q4P.

Note: it may take ‘a while’ to start fleshing-out this panel

The above formula may be of some possible interest to Theory of Everything* aficionados.

My sub-hypothesis (from my grander overarching Potentialism Theory) is that Q4P/QMI is essentially what has been perceived over the millennia as ‘God’ or the ‘God-Force’ or ‘a Higher Force’. Through another lens: ‘God’ is an avatar for Q4P/QMI.

Note that there is no compelling philosophical imperative to posit that Q4P/QMI is, as well, intrusive into human affairs – or legislative to human society.**

The multi-faceted Potentialism Theory works elegantly and scientifically; it rejects a classic omnipotent Supreme Being on the one hand and rejects a nihilistic/random universe on the other. The theory readily trumps prevailing paradigms on both the far Right and far Left.

Both the ‘Radical Right’ (Fundamentalist Religious) and ‘Radical Left’ (hard line Atheists / no direction to the universe) have a mutuality of interest in my being removed from the chessboard. Whereas, both those paradigms have long-known gaping logical, philosophical and scientific vulnerabilities, respectfully Potentialism Theory, on the other hand, is apparently bullet-proof. Bullet-proof? After 40 years of vetting starting with Summa I in 1988, it certainly looks like it.

[To refresh your memories, the Radical Right needs an authoritarian/all-powerful Supreme Entity; the Radical Left needs the polar opposite: Aimlessness/Randomness. Both zealot/militant philosophies break down philosophically/logically/scientifically in short order; both fanatically resist/deny ‘negative reality’. Sort of like the (defeated) 1945 Japanese infantryman on Okinawa who never gave up to the Americans, and lurks on, cave to cave, for decades. Both extremes are used to citing the litany of deficiencies at the other extreme to prove their own superiority. But in looking at Potentialism Theory each extreme is forced to confront the harsh reality that there is, indeed, now a quite-powerful paradigm on the table – front & center – without any discerned vulnerabilities.]

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Looking at my above QMI hypothesis through another lens:QMI producedhuman intelligencewhich produced

AI – but each is quite distinct and unique

Zooming-out:

The universe is directional and intentional;
it is not defined by randomness or aimlessness.

Another, more provocative way of articulating the above
is that the universe is smart, as opposed to stupid.

alchemy?
Notorious alchemists swore they could turn lead into gold. However that seems like a simple trick compared to contemporary hard-line Randomnist High Priests who profess that their theory turns the random void into our rocking and rolling – for 14 billion years – universe.
Is the Randomness formulation simply the ‘successor theory’ to alchemy?

Second Law of Thermodynamics:
Why does our allegedly random universe not implode from entropy? [hint: because it is driven forward by (competing Potentialism Theory’s) Q4P, and not randomly]

combination – The Emperor’s Clothes and The Wizard of Oz?Is the fantastical Randomness formulation not a 1:1 parallel to these just-noted fables of vacuousness?

We are all still waiting for the actual theory:
The hard-line Randomness clique has perfected the dark art of “toxifying” any theorist who dares disagree with their aimless and hollow construct; but, after 150+ years, for their part they have yet to produce an actual theory.
[ translation: the Randomness/Aimlessness clique is an intellectual charlatan ]

From the shadows, the Randomnist clique hyper- aggressively mauls ‘directional universe’ theorists, but never actually seems to present an actual theory. Are we supposed to conflate frenzied attacks with an actual theory?
To paraphrase the diss used by Texas cattlemen to characterize big bluster / no substance characters:
These Randomness hombres are ALL HAT; NO CATTLE.

‘Randomness’ Invalidated by Fine-Tuned Universe proposition
Is the universe fine-tuned for life? This proposition has gained increasing prominence and traction.

The proposition reached critical mass in 1999 with the publication of Just Six Numbers by Martin Rees, distinguished British Astronomer Royal. The proposition is directly antithetical to the Randomness proposition; the proposition negates Randomness. Rees went on to become head of the Royal Society.

Randomness may have been frontally challenged prior, including by Summa I, 1988, but Randomness ‘is slain’ by the 1999 Rees work; and a stake is driven in its heart by Summa II (2005).

Denial of Negative Reality
The first requirement of a theorist is to deal with reality. The ‘denial of negative reality‘ psychosis can be hazardous to one’s legacy. The core tenet of Randomness – non-directionality, has been clearly scientifically demonstrated to be false- on two fronts: Fine-Tuned universe (see Martin Rees, Just Six Numbers (1999) and Direction section from David Birnbaum, Summa Metaphysica II (2005).

Contrary to the first – and only – axiom of Randomness, the universe, is unequivocally directional. See Directional.

‘Game Over’?
For over a decade, and on two key different fronts, Randomness is in checkmate. Both Fine-Tuned universe formulation and the empirically demonstrated Complexification C+ / complexity teleology (universe purpose/direction) respectfully frontally render the Randomness formulation of ‘no directionality’ fatally undermined and disproven. The emperor, indeed, had no clothes.

he Randomness ‘Theory of No Theory’
No theory.
No content.
No core work.
No formulation.
No science.
No cosmology.

Basics
The earth is not flat; the sun does not orbit the earth; our universe did not randomly ignite, gain traction, evolve, and steadily iterate towards ever-increasing sophistication and wondrousness ongoing for 14 billion years and counting.

intellectual ‘sleight of hand” ?

There is no scientific anchoring whatsoever.
Random universe is simply hocus pocus masquerading as science.

product of an “echo chamber” discussion?
Group Think?

Go along to get along? Bandwagon syndrome?

more akin to the mantra of a medieval nihilistic cult
– than to a serious academic discussion in 21st Century England

“Big Brother” modus operandi
No debate; No discussion; No competition of ideas.

Other Universes
Postulate Matrix

Postulate #1. Universes do not simply pop-up

Postulate #2. There may or may not be more universes

Postulate #3. If there are other universes. they will each need-be(a) Potential-based – because Potential is the only eternal something and then(b) Q4P-ignited, and Q4P-driven

Postulate #4: All universes are hence directional.

Why? Because, as elucidated above, there would appear to be only one eternal dynamic – Potential/Possibility – and without it in the mix, no universes are making an appearance. And with Potential in the mix, every single one of these universes will be quite directional and quite interesting.As regards the Randomness play re: multiverse….

As we are aware, the Randomness crew found itself in seeming checkmate as a consequence of the 1999 Martin Rees book Just Six Numbers which demonstrated clearly fine-tuned universe, and de facto showed directional universe. The direction of fine-tuned universe? seeking life.

In desperation, the Randomness crew formulated the following attempted escape hatch: Our universe may be directional, but our universe is a random fluke; there are infinite universes, and ours happened to hit it lucky. Meaning, (post-1999) per segments of the Randomness crew, there are Infinite -1 totally aimless universes, and 1 fine-tuned universe (ours).

This escape hatch is fatally flawed, however.

1) As elucidated above, if there are other universes, they are directional.

3) Randomness does not and cannot generate a universe – even a very primitive one.

4) Classic and well-established Probability Theory would reject the “infinite -1 aimless universe theory” with the Cosmic Order randomly birthing, sustaining, and driving our extraordinary and ever-iterating universe over a 14 billion year span as a viable denouement. Probability Theory can be deployed for possibility, not for de facto impossibility*.

*See Lloyd, Programming the Universe, Knopf, 2007, NY, p. 57:

“In fact, the chance of an ordered universe like ours arising out of random flips of a coin is so small as to be effectively zero.”

For starters, after 14 billion years our universe is accelerating and expanding;
so, clearly Quest for Potential is trumping entropy…

CHRONOLOGY:

The Footprint of Potential

a rough sketch chronology

Eternal Origins → Present

( a metaphysics hypothesis )

introductory note: Hitherto Inscrutable Quantum Mechanics (QM) has at least two ‘faces’ which we are now (OCT 2017) aware of:
(a) the Potential/Possibility/Probabilistic ‘face’, and
(b) the Wheeler It-from-Bit ‘face’ as a prelude to the Lloyd Bits Compute the Universe ‘face’ build-out thereof

Q4P/QM is the prime catalyst on stage choreographing the unfolding universe production; it has vast influence….

# rough sketch chronology – 8

Q4P trumps Entropy
and sustains the advance of our universe.

technical note: Q4P/Q3 (see Evolution1000.com) is the author’s fusion of Summa’s Quest for Potential (Q4P) with
Lloyd’s Quantum Mechanics; Post- Big Bang the author will use the term Q4P and the term Q4P/Q3 inter-changeably.

Q4P (or a derivative thereof) is the Cosmological Constant identified by Albert Einstein in 1917*; Einstein theorized theCosmological Constant as the counter-force to gravity’s otherwise inevitably imploding the universe.

# rough sketch chronology – 11

The Cosmological Constant [Q4P] has become identified with the simplest form of Dark Energy (Wiki / Cosmological Constant / Oct 22, 2017]

[ note: The Cosmological Constant is also known by a shorthand notation lambda, or /\ ]

# rough sketch chronology – 12

“In physical cosmology and astronomy, dark energy [Q4P] is an unknown form of energy which is hypothesized to permeate all of space, tending to accelerate the expansion of the universe.” [Wiki / Dark Energy /Oct 22, 2017]

“Assuming that the standard model of cosmology is correct, the best current measurements indicate that dark energy [Q4P] contributes 68.3% of the total energy in the present-day observable universe.” [Wiki / Dark Energy / Oct 22, 2017]

# rough sketch chronology – 14

“Dark energy [Q4P] is the most accepted hypothesis to explain the observations since the 1990s indicating that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.” [Wiki Dark Energy / Oct 22, 2017]

Note that issues 2, 6, and 11 (just above) are inter-related;
they are each related-to ‘testability’;
they are each not precisely the same.

aaaFalse is bad;Falsifiable [means, can be checked] is good.see Falsifiability Wiki

bbbsee Just Six Numbers by Martin Rees, 1999plus see Fine-Tuned Universe Wiki

cccThe Randomness crew presents an aimless universe. But, per the Second Law of Thermodynamics, an aimless universe with no central dynamic, should implode. See also separate panel below – white text on blue background: The Second Law of Thermodynamics

dddtherefore not scientific / merely speculation

eeeMany observers, including this theorist, believe that even infinite∞ universesare insufficient for their speculation. Furthermore, this hybrid firmulation will need Q4P in any event –for the ignition, traction, sustainment and ongoing development of every single one of these universes.

hhhAsserts a grandiose negative axiom. In toto the Randomness fomulation axiomatically and cavalierlydismisses any possible direction –physical or metaphysical – to our ordered, expandingand accelerating universe: Have they indeed checked out every nook and cranny across the span ofour universe – across its 14 billion year span?

wwwNo flaw whatsoever discerned; Summa I was published 1988 by KTAV,and, notwithstanding the Randomness / Atheist 30-year agita over Potentialism Theory,they are unable to punch a hole in it – large or small.

xxxbreaks down on multiple fronts / see this very chart / the universe is both fine-tuned and directional

And this Prime Mover can be viewed as either secular or spiritual or Divine (or some variation thereof), depending on one’s predilection.

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# Be clear that I did not (have the nerve to) mess around with integrating QM whatsoever into Summa/Potentialism Theory until I read Lloyd’s (“Programing”) book in 2006 – and observed the extraordinary 1:1 parallel to Summa I (1988) and Summa II (2005); however, like a stem cell, QM would seem to have many vibrant ‘faces’… and thus, the QM plot thickened... and here we are

# As you are aware, I integrate the Wheeler/Lloyd QM It/Bit build-out into my Summa/Potentialism theory Evolution build-out several years later – in 2014 in Summa III; however, the above Primordial Cosmic Realms QM build-out is new****.

# Be alert that, contrary to point (2) above, there are those who assert that QM does not exist (in any form) pre-Big Bang; respectfully, they are wrong*****; however, even if they are right, point (2) above will then simply need to be tweaked as follows .The potential/possibility of (potential-possibility-oriented) QM jump-started Q4P from Eternal Potential. ******

* before our universe was even created

** As noted, BY DEFINITION….Self-Evident

*** In our deployment of QM in primordial realms we are focusing on the classic ‘possibility’ aspect of QM;in our deployment of QM via a’ vis Evolution we are focusing on the Wheeler/Lloyd ‘bit-build-out aspect of QM.

**** I had ‘radar lock’ at post-Yom Kippur Break-Fast Sept 30, 2017 while harassing the (philosophically sharp)NYU Medical School student next to me – after struggling with the issue for several decades.As we were going down the NYU Kimmel Building elevator after the buffet, I asked him what he liked best about the theory. His response: “It would appear to be a viable and quite all-encompassing theory; and in science the more all-encompassing viable theory prevails.”

***** QM needs to be operational pre-Big Bang, because QM is (quite-specifically) neededto arrange the precise settings for the Big Bang; QM has the tool-kit to do same –and 100th generation IBM’s Watson (c. 3000 CE) was not in the picture yet….

****** As is apparent, this (fallback) version would be weaker than my preferred version (above).

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David Birnbaum Academic Bio

David Birnbaum is a conceptual theorist. His first work God and Evil (KTAV, 1988) is considered by many to be a breakthrough modern day classic in the field of theodicy. See God-And-Evil.com.

Birnbaum is known globally as “the architect of Potentialism Theory” – a unified philosophy/cosmology/metaphysics. The paradigm-challenging theory (see ParadigmChallenge.com) is delineated in Birnbaum’s 3-volume Summa Metaphysica series (1988, 2005, 2014). See SummaMetaphysica.com.

A riposte to Summa Theologica of (St.) Thomas Aquinas, the Birnbaum treatise challenges both the mainstream Western philosophy of Aristotelianism and the well propped-up British/atheistic cosmology of Randomness. See PotentialismTheory.com.

The focus of 150+ reviews/articles, Summa Metaphysica has been an assigned Course Text at over 15 institutions of higher learning globally. See SummaCoverage.com.

Summa Metaphysica was the focus of an international academic conference on Science & Religion in April 16-19 2012 (see Conference1000.com). The work has been very widely covered globally. See RewindSumma.com.

David Birnbaum is the Editor-in-Chief of the Mesorah Matrix series on Jewish thought and spirituality. The sui generis series spans 10-volumes and 10 themes. The entire series is comprised of 200+ specially commissioned original pieces from 150-180 global Jewish thought leader essayists. See MesorahMatrix.com.

In the history realm, David Birnbaum is the author/chronicler of the 2-volume The Crucifixion – of the Jews, and of the 7-volume Jews, Church & Civilization. His Crucifixion series, in particular, traces a direct trajectory from the Canonical Gospels in the First Century to Auschwitz in the Twentieth. See History1000.com.

David Birnbaum has served on the faculty of the New School for Social Research in Manhattan. He is a graduate of Yeshiva University High School (Manhattan), CCNY (City College of New York) and Harvard. His commentary blog is www.ManhattanObserver.com.

Second, the theoretician/author is dissed and/or defamed – to undermine the theory

Third, the theory is cavalierly dismissed

Fourth, fake flaws in the theory are manufactured/asserted by the (now increasingly-desperate) Establishment

Fifth, the theory is aggressively politically opposed by the (now panicking) Establishment

Sixth, the (original) theory is challenged as being not so original in any event – by the (now up against the wall) Establishment

Seventh, in league with the Establishment, wannabe players attempt to co-opt original authorship

– extrapolation of saw/maxim
by Arthur Schopenhauer,
German philosopher
(1788-1860)

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1988

THE GOD OF POTENTIAL

Eheyeh

As noted, a key Biblcal name of God
Self-identified at The ‘Burning Bush’ saga
c. 1250 BCE exodus from Egypt
– Book of Exodus [ Shemot ] 3:14 is –
(in the Biblical hebrew) Eheyeh Asher Eheyeh“I WILL BE THAT WHICH I WILL BE”

I AM THE GOD OF POTENTIAL

And, if the Divine
is the God of Potential
then THEODICY ( the problem of evil )
and THEOGONY ( the origins of the Divine )
both fall into place philosophically

See Summa I: God and Evil: Religious Man
for elucidation

[ from Summa I: God and Evil: PART II: The “Quest for Potential” Unified Formulation ]

the Genesis Point

“Independent of time, matter, and energy, and indeed, independent of a universe, existed Holy Divine Potential—the primordial Divine. At the eternal origins of out-of-time: Holy Potential within potential within potential ad infinitum—tracking to the forward edges of time.

At the embryonic stage of holiness, deep in the womb of nothingness, deep at the core of out-of-time, hinged on an indefinable and infinite circularity, there was an ascending holy metaphysical fire: Yearning, imploring, calling forth into the void.

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At the eye of the primal cosmic storm, warping from out-of-time towards time, unzipping the cosmic void into positives and negatives, the infinite Divine blaze leapt forth. A creative supraconscious dynamic, transcending time, space, and eternity. Focusing its holy metaphysical force. Genesis.”

Potentialism Theory hypothesizes that if we introduce one (conceptualized) metaphysical concept – Quest for Potential∞ – as the eternal ‘driver’ of the Cosmic Order, then entire inter-related clusters of hitherto unresolved issues across science, religion, metaphysics and philosophy – including (but not limited to) cosmology, cosmogony, theogony, theodicy, teleology and evolutionary biology – are all simultaniously lanced.

The fusion of my Potentialism Theory – with MIT LLoyd’s (information communication & computation) quantum mechanics – provides a quite-powerful proposition: A seamless A-Z metaphysics/physics/cosmology.
Sort of what many people have been seeking for a long time.

A well-vetted and quite-possibly correct simultaneous solution – a fully integrated,all-embracing metaphysics / new paradigm – is perhaps something worth evaluating. One concept (Quest for Potential∞) resolving conundrums across a dozen+ fields? If essentially on the mark, it would indeed transform the world as we know it.

That is what SummaMetaphysica/Potentialism has proposed – starting with the focus on theodicy in Summa I: God and Evil in 1988.

All data-points vector towards the theory being correct. After 28+ years of public vetting, not a single flaw has been discerned in it. And as we know from 7th grade mathematics, elegant possible simultaneous solutions inevitably have a way of turning out to be correct.

Potentialism proposes that our universe indeed has a direction (Quest for Potential∞). Advocates of an aimless and random universe have been having a public nervous breakdown over the theory since God and Evil (Summa I) was published by KTAV twenty-eight years – and six printings – ago in 1988.

Potentialism Theory is, as well, simple yet powerful (i.e. infinitely nested). And indeed, to add irony to the potentially pivotal theory, its proposed key to the cosmic code – Quest for Potential∞ – has always been ‘hiding in plain sight’.

The theory shatters various ‘idols’ along the way. The world is not flat, nor is the universe random – by any means. The universe may be far more dynamic and fully-integrated than hitherto suspected, to put matters mildly.

Various entrenched ‘priesthoods’ – whether in academe or otherwise – will diss any truly threatening paradigm – and will fight rearguard battles, sometimes vicious ones, to protect their power prerogatives. But these reactionary efforts against a formidable new paradigm will ultimately fail.

The 14th-16th Century Vatican persecuting theorists for propounding helio-centrism, is now replaced by a hard-line Randomnist hierarchy in England (globally) undermining the careers of directional-universe theoreticians.

A zealous religious Inquisition is replaced by a zealous antireligious inquisition;
Bogus Middle Ages Church doctrine is replaced by bogus 21st Century hard-line Random Universe doctrine.

In each case, too much power leading directly to ruinous and implacable hard-line doctrine – and from thence onto destruction of truth and lives.

Ultimately, the most powerful currency prevails in commerce, and the most powerful ideas/concepts prevail in the history of ideas. Thomas S. Kuhn discussed the fierce institutional resistance faced by paradigm challenges. See his 1962 classic, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

One can argue that my little Harvard degree is not in philosophy – or one can look at the overwhelming evidence behind the proposition – and ‘listen to the music’.

I invite you to examine the hypothesis and expand your minds and your souls.